LETTER from ANDREW STAMMEL ‘Sanctuary’ May Kill Golden Goose To the Editor: Elected officials should make efforts to understand and represent, within the confines of the law, our constituents’ varying perspectives. Thus, Representative Brockway’s “Second Amendment sanctuary” letter in last week’s edition was concerning both in its substance and tone. His letter rebutted a column a week before submitted by an active local resident. Brockway dismissively wrote that the author “is not native to the area and does not understand…
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LETTER from SUSAN MOSS Sandy Hook Memories Still Resonate To the Editor: I remember the moment when I first heard about the shooting of first graders in Newtown, Conn. I was driving home from work, on a back road between Cooperstown and Oneonta. My immediate and natural response was to pull over, get out of my car and scream “My God, 6-year-olds! What is happening in this country?” The outrage and pain of it was overwhelming. I can’t even imagine…
D.A. Expecting 50% Dip In Prosecutions By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN Under bail reform, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. worried dangerous suspects would be freed – and, locally, one stole a truck a day after he was released. Now, under new rules of evidence, also part of the state’s criminal justice reforms, District Attorney John Muehl worries he’ll be unable to prosecute as many suspected criminals. “Arrests are way down already,” said Muehl. “Hopefully things will get…
LETTER from SUZANNE SUMMERS Save The Birds, Scrap The Panels To the Editor: If I could buy two square miles of land for $1,000/acre, I would be fortunate indeed, for I would preserve these two square miles as is, in reparation for the three billion birds lost since 1970. We have lost these birds primarily due to habitat loss; they have nowhere to live thanks to our endless consumption of land. When will we humans learn that what the earth…
LETTER from KEITH WILCOX Gunmen More Scary Than G-Men To the Editor: Rick Brockway states “every Democratic candidate…will take our guns away.” If he means the candidates advocate the confiscation of all guns owned by law-abiding citizens, he’s wrong. None of them takes that position. They are for stricter gun control, as well they ought to be. The guns, Mr. Brockway, I and other Upstate folks had growing up were nothing like what we’re faced with today. We’ve had, and…
COLUMN HERZIG STATE OF CITY 2020 Year Of Action Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s State of The City speech, delivered to Common Council Tuesday, Feb. 4, in City Hall. Hundreds of people gave of their time during the past three years, to help us map out a vision for the future – and we owe them our thanks. They worked to provide us with a new Comprehensive Plan, Artspace study (SUNY), Oneonta Theater study…
Seward Invites DOT Chief To Lettis Highway Crash Site By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA In the wake of pedestrian April Johnson’s death, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has invited state DOT Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez to Lettis Highway, where the 32 year old woman was struck by a car. “I want her to tour the area with me and see it first hand,” Seward said. “It wasn’t built with pedestrians in mind, but we need to accommodate…
SUNY Plans To Make 100 Hires This Year By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With over 6,000 students in attendance, SUNY Oneonta needs staff who value more than just the job at hand, said Dia Carleton, chief human resources officer. “We’re not looking at just their job skills,” she said. “We look to see if they may have something to contribute to our campus community.” According to Carleton, there are currently 16 position openings at the university,…
COLUMN FOSSIL FUELS: Stanford Says, Recapture CO2 Editor’s Note: This is the first of occasional articles, from university public-relations departments, on research into burning fossil fuels more cleanly. Here, Stanford University tells how faculty there are targeting “super-emitters.” In the United States, most electricity from the grid comes from power plants that run on coal or natural gas. These plants generate 35 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. Climate scientists say we need to reduce global…
